> Has anyone done anything with Lilypond for tab for diatonic instruments
like
> the mountain dulcimer (there must be others, but dulcimer is what I'm
> interested in). Basically, the instrument is missing some of the frets
that
> would be on a chromatic instrucment (and, not all are the same). So, the
> standard fretting would be something like:
> W W H W W H W W
> So, my string that is tuned open to D has the notes:
> D (open), E, F#, G, A, B, C D E
> These fret numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, etc. Obviously if I was
happy
> numbering these with their chromatic equivalents (2, 4, etc) then there
> wouldn't be a problem.
>
> I can think of several possibilities of what I would consider a
solution
> but I have no idea where to start.
>
> 1) Ideally I would like to tell lilypond what frets I have available and
> what they are called (this would allow me to call a fret a "1+" instead
of a
> 2 or a 3, which is what ).
>
> 2) Or, as a compromise, can I just enter numbers in for the frets
instead of
> notes. This would at least let me enter the music in normally but then
> enter the tab in as numbers. This would not let me transpose on the
fly,
> but it would at least print out something nice.
>
> Thanks!
> Blake
>